Google facing a lawsuit over Android location tracking

It appears that Google are to suffer the same troublesome press as Apple have of late, thanks to the discovery of an Android based tracking system, not too dissimilar to the one recently brought to light on the iPhone 4.
Two residents of Oakland County, Michigan in the US have taken Google Inc...

You carry a device with you that puts out a signal and connects to cell towers and Wi-Fi networks every second it's on. EVERYONE knows where you are, duh. The only people this really surprises probably aren't smart enough to bother tracking, so it's a non-issue.

these people must not be smart at all. the only way this will go through is if google didnt provide a notice says you will be tracked.(which they did and stil does) or if google didn't provide sufficient notice for the tracking information(which they DO!!!) so these guy are makin themselves look stupid

the company to go after is apple since they provided no notice. but even when you get a new iphone there ARE terms and conditions of which you are supposed to read. i do believe location and tracking is in the terms and conditions. and if you did not read them then that is your fault.

most advanced technologies today do some sort of tracking but does it really matter? NO

and if you think that the info from your tom tom GPS is not sold. you are SOOOOOOOOOOO WRONG!

people just love to complain! so what if they can track where the phone is . to many people want to be "under the radar" why ?! have you got something to hide?! . besides nearly everything you do in your day to day life can be traceable . whether its buying something using your credit card or making a phone call why don't you sue Microsoft for being able to find where you are using your I.P address or your credit card company for logging all your transactions ..

> In reply to Kalun @ 2011-05-01 16:36 from Kx}8 - click to readUr kidding right ? Apple is the safest way, they are the ones who never ask or warn you and they certainly dont respect ur privacy, i guess u should check out the guys that caught apple consolidated.db tracking file system. Mac is the most secure because it is the most controled which mean controls its users without them knowing, have fun.

Now, customers start to become aware of it. Many still don't mind, however, they underestimate the danger of the collection and storage of their personal data.

In reality, there is no need to submit and store information to Apple, Google or anyone else for that matter at all! Sure, GPS has to communicate with my phone, so do cell phone towers, however, making this data 'anonym' afterwards and storing them, what would be the point other than selling them out afterwards?

The only thing all of you have to know is everybody is being tracked every day and every move you do..by your bank cards, phones, gsm providers, your laptops etc.... do you think it will stop....no...
Tracing you, "can" be for your benefit one day but if the info gets in wrong hands you can be in realy deep sh$&.....
Everyone must know, there is no privacy no more, because of the bad guys on the planet..
I don't know what to say.....GOD, SAVE US..........

its not only android if you use google chrome it also collects all details of the site you visit and your search on any engine. which is not fair. they are breaching your privacy. they need to more money on their browser to users

I'm always happy to see ordinary people willing to fight for what little privacy we have left. There should be a balance and I hope this is a lesson to other companies that privacy still matters. I'm not sure of the intentions by Google and Apple. I'm just hoping that that stronger privacy policies come from this and more ethical behavior practiced by companies that hold so much of our data!